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Old 01-27-2017, 12:58 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by beerptrol View Post
Obviously you didn't figure in the profit for those who hire them.
The rich could give two shits about the cost to taxpayers, all that matters is how much they profit from using them
The effect of millions of extra workers prepared to undercut legal workers has a trickle dow effect on all workers. It's Supply and demand.

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Originally Posted by Bladewire View Post
Yep! And the local farmers out here in California are freaking out about this year's harvest and how much they might lose due to lack of labor. Hopefully they can pony up the money to pay a fair wage and advertise a lot to make up for the loss of illegals, if they actually have a loss.
They will be moving to automated machines to pick produce soon, this will speed that move up.
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